Garment-supporter.



DANIEL G. BUTTS, F NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR TO IVORY GARTERCOlll- PANY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, A CORIORATION 0F LOUISIANA.

GAnMENT-surron'rnn.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, DANIEL G. BUTTS, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofLouisiana, have invented certain new and usefulmprovements 'in Garment-Supporters ;and I do hereby declare the foll lowing to be a full, clear,and exact descripfor connecting the opposite ends 0f the limbencirclingelastic band, when assembling the vlatter around the limb of the wearer.

The invention consists in certiain novel details of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinafterdescribed in the preferred form and the novel features thereof pointedout in the claims at the end of the specication.

Referring to the -accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hose supporter provided with thefastening means of the present improvements.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of thetwo mem'- bers of said fastening meansassembled in interlocking relation.

Fig. 3 is .an enlarged detail view of the hook member of said fasteningmeans.

` Fig. et is an end elevation of the same.

Like characters of reference in the several figures indicate the sameparts.

As shown, the supporter of the present invention embodies a limbencircling member A which is usually made of elastic webbing,

'i one end of which is looped through a ring memberB and attached to aslide C, whereby the length ofthe limb encircling member may beadjusted. Preferably, the ring member B is formed substantially broadand flat for purposes which will hereinafter appear. A .loop of fabricis fastened in the ring member B toform two free or independent arms orreaches E and E', which respectively support the twomembers F, F of aclasp for engaging the garment to be supported. This clasp forengagement with the garment to be supported may be of any preferredconstruc- Bpedcatlon of Letters Patent.

Application led July 28, 1916. Serial No. 111,876.

tion and forms no tion.

Thev present invention relates particularly to the fastening means forassembling the limb encircling member A around the limb of the wearer.At the end of said member A opposite the ring member B is a hook memberD. This hook member is preferably constructed in one piece and consistsessentially of a plurality of cross pieces d, d, d2

part of the present invenconnected by the sides D', D2 of said member.The end of the webbing is passed between the uppermost cross pieces d,"'and around the bottom cross piece in orderto hold the parts together.The hook member D is also formed with an outwardly projecting ring-likeportion D3 formed with an 'outwardly curved offset D4. This offset D4 ispreferably located centrally of the ringlike portion D3 of the memberand projecting inwardly from the offset and also slightly upwardly, asshown in Figs. 2 and 4L is a ltongue d* adapted to interlock with thering B. The ring-like ortion D3 of the hook member is preferab ycomparatively thin and broad, as shown, and the fiat surfaces aforded oneach side ofthe central offset D4 are ada ted to have a bearingenratenteu Nov. 19, 1918. i

gagement with t e ring B when the two members are assembled intointerlocking relation. Thisrelieves the strain on the tongue d4 andthereby greatly reduces the danger of said tongue being bent or brokenaway from the hook member. The tongue itself merely forms a means forretaining the two members of the fastening together laterally, and bearslittle,fif any, of the strain.

The two members B and D of the fastening are preferably formed of sheetcelluloid or other non-metallic material, the construction being suchthat the members may be cut from sheets of this material-by means ofdies and cutters, without necessitating complicated operations such asare usually necessary in the formation of metal members for thesamepurpose. If desired, the ring-like portion D3 of the hook member maybe bent `piece d2. T is permits eas slipping of said tongue over thering mem er B. It will be noted that the broad thin formation of thering-like portion D8 of the hook member af- 4 an oset outwardly curvingfrom the plane iords considerable strength without sacrificof thering-like portion and a tongue inwardly projecting `and with flatbearing surfaces on each fromv said oiset portion adapted to interlockwithsaid ring member, the' surfaces of the ringlike portion of the hookmember on each side of the oifset and tongue affording bearings for thering membei` when the two members are brought into interlockingrelation. A

'2.' A. fastening of the :character described comprising a iiat'broadring member forming an eye, and a cooperating hook member having a broadtion formed with an offset outwardly curv.- ing from the plane of thering-like portion side of said offset adapted to engage the flat surfaceof said ring, and a'tongue inwardly proback into place if the hookmember formingan eye,

i ers and the like,

substantially ring-like porjecting from the o'ii'set adapted to'interlock with said ring member.

`3. A clasp member for. garment supporters and the. like, comprising l aplurality of spaced connected bands adapted to be engaged by a loop of'a garment supporter, and a broad outwardly projecting,

substantially ring-bke portion formed with an offset. outwardly 'curvingfrom the plane of the ringlike vportion and with a tongue rearwardlyprojecting from said oifset, .the surfaces of the ring-like .portion oset and tongue being adapted to engage a locking ring.

4. -A clasp member for garment support-.I formed wholly of non-me tallicmaterial, comprising a plurality of spaced lconnected bands adapted tobe engaged by a loop of a garment supporter, and a broad, outwardlyprojecting substantially ring-like portion formed with an oiiset .out-

wardly curving from the plane of the ringlike lportion and with iiatbearing surfaces n each side of the oii'- on eachV side of .said oisetadapted to engage a locking ring land a tongue inwardly projecting fromsaid offset, said tongue being .positioned intermediate the bearingsurfaces.

DANIEL Gr. BUTTS.

